The Children of Selvino were a group of approximately 800 Jewish children, orphaned by the Holocaust, rescued after World War II from ghettos and concentration camps and housed in a former Fascist children's home called Sciesopoli, in the Alpine town of Selvino, Italy.With the generous help of the Jewish community in Milan andmany Italian citizens, among them are Luigi Gorini (Righteous Among the Nations), Marcello Cantoni, and Elio Ottolenghi.The house was run by Moshe Zeiri, along with members of a Jewish unit of the British Army, stationed in Northern Italy.

Edited byTami SharonDaughter of Leah Ben-Dov(A Child of Selvino)

Photography: Enrico Grisanti, Naama Grossman, Tami SharonThis video is dedicated with much love and great appreciation to the organizing and executing committee of the gatheringof The Children of Selvino in September 25-29, 2015 in Selvino, Italy: Marco CavallarinBernardino PasinelliEnrico GrisantiPatrizia OttolenghiAnna SternfeldMiriam Bisk

Mayor of Selvino - Diego Bertocchi

Deputy Mayor of Tourism and Cultural Affairs -Paolo Carrara

To the people of SelvinoMagenta and Boffalora

And to our extended family -the Children of Sciesopoliand their descendants